China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

China 'no limits' vow with Russia raises Pentagon urgency to prepare for Guam attack: US commander
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2022

Chinese military says US plane in Taiwan Strait endangered peace
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2022

G7 summit: Leaders detail $600bn plan to rival China's Belt and Road initiative
BBC, June 26, 2022

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China hits back at US over G7 'zero-sum' belt and road alternative
South China Morning Post, June 27, 2022

Despite the main focus on Ukraine, G7 leaders detail a new plan to target China’s influence.
G7推全球基建计划，旨在抗衡中国“一带一路”
The New York Times, June 27, 2022

Hong Kong PLA garrison to be combat-ready for 'toughest and most complicated' situations amid security threats, commander vows
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2022

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解放軍駐港部隊：強化憂患意識　提高履行防務能力(PLA garrison in HK: Strengthen emergency awareness, improve defense capability)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 26, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

丁家喜遭闭门审讯12小时 其妻批违国际法可耻(Human rights lawyer Ding Jiaxi is tried behind closed doors for 12 hours; wife slams China as disgraceful for violating international law)
Radio France Internationale, June 26, 2022

Zhang Sizhi, hailed as "conscience of Chinese lawyers", dies in Beijing at 94
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2022

前區議員陳榮泰煽惑集結案開審 七一前見記者稱翌日「想試下行街有乜嘢事」(Former HK district councillor Lancelot Chan Wing-tai's case of inciting assembly opens for trial)
inmediahk.net, June 27, 2022

連登煽動案 辯方指煽動罪性質嚴重、應交高院有陪審團 官押8.1宣判(Defense of LIHKG incitement case says the crime of incitement is serious in nature and should be brought to the High Court with a jury)
inmediahk.net, June 27, 2022

Hong Kong's largest journalist group insists it operates in accordance with law after being asked by authorities to justify activities
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2022<>/p>

「光城者」串謀恐怖活動案交付高院 15歲男生申保釋遭拒 (In case of "Returning Valiant," the pro-democracy group accused of conspiring to commit terrorist activities in public facilities, 15-year-old boy is denied bail)
immediahk.net, June 27, 2022

警拘三男涉藏仿製槍械 檢大批反政府旗幟 (Police detain three men in imitation firearms case, seizing a large number of anti-government flags)
immediahk.net, June 27, 2022<>/p>

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

公安部部署开展夏季治安打击整治“百日行动”(Ministry of Public Security launches “100-Day Action” summer crackdown and rectification campaign)
Chinanews, June 25, 2022

China changes law so it can act if country is insulted at sporting events
South China Morning Post, June 27, 2022

Chinese authorities unveil plans to 'maximise display of police force' two weeks after group assault on women
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

Chinese President Xi Jinping expected to begin 2-day trip to Hong Kong on Thursday 'but will not stay in the city overnight'
South China Morning Post, June 25, 2022

Top Hong Kong officials check into hotels ahead of July 1 celebrations, media further restricted from coverage
Hong Kong Free Press, June 27, 2022

Alarm in Beijing after announcement zero-Covid policy may last five years
The Guardian, June 27, 2022

Shanghai’s Covid Lockdown Legacy: Confusion, Despair, Departure
上海居民的封控后遗症：困惑、绝望、远离
The Wall Street Journal, June 25, 27, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

China's 'Fragmented Authoritarianism' During the Covid-19 Pandemic
The Diplomat, June 25, 2022

Covid-19 'magic mirror' reflects widening fissures in Chinese society
South China Morning Post, June 26, 2022

健康码的遗产(The legacy of health code)
Financial Times, June 26, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

China’s Political Surveillance System Keeps Growing
The Diplomat, June 23, 2022

金砖峰会开幕，习近平欲借力与美欧民主联盟全面对抗(BRICS summit opens in Beijing; Xi Jinping to use group as leverage for full confrontation with U.S.-European democratic alliance)
Voice of America, June 24, 2022

美国前飞行员认罪 作为中国政府代理人并泄露美国防信息(Former U.S. pilot pleads guilty to acting as Chinese gov’t agent, leaking U.S. defense information)
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2022

Taiwan general charged in China spying case
Agence France-Presse, June 24, 2022

China ambassador tells Australian protesters ‘no such thing as absolute freedom’
The Guardian, June 24, 2022

China taps markets for $10bn to cement clean tech supremacy
中国企业新筹资100亿美元巩固中国清洁技术霸主地位
Financial Times, June 24, 2022

香港電台七一起轉播中央廣播電視總台CGTN紀錄頻道(RTHK to carry CCTV’s CGTN documentary channel starting July 1)
Radio Television Hong Kong, June 24, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

They wanted rule of law, so China tried them in secret
The Washington Post, June 24, 2022

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Second Chinese rights activist Ding Jiaxi stands trial on state subversion charges in secret proceeding
South China Morning Post, June 24, 2022

中国闭门庭审许志永案遭批政治迫害(China's closed-door trial of Xu Zhiyong is criticized as political persecution)
Radio France Internationale, June 23, 2022

获刑4年6个月的知名藏人学者和异见作家图丹罗珠的案情及简历(Prominent Tibetan scholar and dissident writer is sentenced to 4 years, 6 months in prison for "secession")
Weiquanwang, June 24, 2022

律师敦促国际刑事法院调查中国侵犯维吾尔人权(Lawyers urge ICC to investigate China's Uyghur human rights abuses)
Voice of America, June 24, 2022

China’s internet watchdog launches cybersecurity investigation into country’s largest academic research database CNKI
South China Morning Post, June 24, 2022

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掌握大量重要敏感数据 知网遭官方网路安全审查(CNKI, holder of large amounts of important and sensitive data, is subject of cybersecurity probe)
Radio Free Asia, June 24, 2022

Hong Kong: five arrested for sedition ahead of 25th anniversary of British handover
Agence France-Presse, June 24, 2022

支聯會顛覆案押9.14再訊 鄒幸彤初級偵訊9月進行(Court adjourns hearings of HK Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China cases until Sept.14; committal proceedings for Chow Hang-tung’s case to be held in Sept.)
inmediahk.net, June 24, 2022

涉社交平台發「光時」及港獨帖文 兩男遭控作出煽動意圖作為罪 保釋遭拒(Two men charged with seditious intent over social media posts on HK independence are denied bail)
inmediahk.net, June 24, 2022

男子傳「劈黑警」信息煽惑傷人罪脫　官信僅屬發洩情緒(Man charged with incitement to hurt others over posting "strike black police" message in social media group is released; judge concludes he was only venting his emotions)
Mingpao, June 24, 2022

Hong Kong Book Fair to begin on July 20 but some publishers banned with ‘no reason’
South China Morning Post, June 24, 2022

Hong Kong Nears Bottom in New Human Rights Survey
Voice of America, June 24, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

Explainer | Why Hong Kong’s new textbooks for secondary schools have stopped calling the city a British colony
South China Morning Post, June 24, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

港府两官员检测阳性 习近平赴港计划可能生变(2 HK gov’t officials test positive; Xi Jinping's plan to attend July 1 ceremony may change)
Voice of America, June 24, 2022

中国丹东“黄码”父女外出取药与警察冲突，“过度”防疫再受关注(Father, daughter out to fill prescriptions are intercepted by police due to their "yellow codes"; "excessive" epidemic prevention draws attention again)
British Broadcasting Corporation, June 24, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

A year on from Apple Daily’s closure, what’s left of Hong Kong’s free press?
The Guardian, June 24, 2022

My career is finished, my friends are in prison and I’m an alien in my city”: life after Hong Kong’s Apple Daily
The Guardian, June 24, 2022

中国经济崩盘会让习近平倒台吗？(Will China's economic collapse bring down Xi Jinping?)
Voice of America, June 24, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

What ‘Zhong Sheng’ Says About China’s Perceptions of the Ukraine Conflict
The Diplomat, June 23, 2022

Will China Use Health Apps to Crack Down on Dissent?
Foreign Policy, June 22, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong on trial for state subversion amid secrecy and tight security
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2022

CHINA FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNIVERSITY POSTS, AND THEN DELETES, DRACONIAN CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS
China Digital Times, June 22, 2022

给习近平写公开信 “被精神病”后又“被失踪”（Rights defender who wrote open letter to Xi Jinping was “diagnosed with mental illness” before being disappeared）
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2022

Sedition trial of defunct Hong Kong outlet Stand News set for October
Hong Kong Free Press, June 23, 2022

香港重要历史资料随苹果日报倒下而湮没（Important historical data on Hong Kong vanished with the shutdown of Apple Daily）
Radio Free Asia, June 23, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China's Xi calls for stronger fintech oversight, security
Radio France Internationale, June 23, 2022

国务院印发《关于加强数字政府建设的指导意见》（State Council issues "Guiding Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Digital Government"）
Cyberspace Administration of China, June 23, 2022

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国务院关于加强数字政府建设的指导意见（Guiding Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Digital Government）
State Council of China, June 23, 2022

中国加强网络主播行为规范：禁发表危害国安等言行（China strengthens code of conduct for online anchors to prohibit speech, deeds that endanger national security）
Zao Bao, June 22, 2022

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国家广播电视总局、文化和旅游部关于印发《网络主播行为规范》的通知（Notice of the State Administration of Radio and Television and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Publishing "Code of Conduct for Internet Anchors"）
National Radio and Television Administration, June 22, 2022

反电诈法草案二读 拟限制涉诈人员出境（Draft Anti-Telecom Network Fraud Law aimed at restricting fraudsters from leaving the country gets second reading）
Caixin, June 23, 2022

Related:
电信网络诈骗法(草案)（Draft Anti-Telecom Network Fraud Law）
NPC Observer, October 2021

Current Topics (热门话题)

G7 pledges to counter ‘state-driven censorship’ and help protect journalists
South China Morning Post, June 23, 2022

After restaurant attack, authorities continue to gaslight China’s women
The Washington Post, June 23, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Commentary: Why China is more willing to test millions than trust vaccination
Channel News Asia, June 23, 2022

China's Reach (中国：内控与外扩)

时报调查揭示中国如何成为监控国家，这里是四大要点
Four Takeaways From a Times Investigation Into China’s Expanding Surveillance State
The New York Times, June 22, 2022

China's Hebei province moves to suppress media reporting in wake of Tangshan attacks
Radio Free Asia, June 21, 2022

Under pressure from Beijing, Hong Kong’s schools become more patriotic
The Washington Post, June 22, 2022

Human Rights Defenders & Civil Society (人权捍卫者与公民社会)

中共当局闭门庭审许志永“颠覆”案，被斥为荒唐“骗局”（CPC’s closed-door trial of Xu Zhiyong for "subversion" is called absurd “scam”）
Voice of America, June 22, 2022

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许志永案秘密开庭 法国驻华使馆及人权组织呼吁释放许志永与丁家喜两人（Xu Zhiyong tried behind closed doors; French embassy in China and human rights groups urge release of Xu and Ding Jiaxi）
Radio France Internationale, June 22, 2022

中国人权律师团关于许志永博士、丁家喜律师案件的声明（Statement of China Human Rights Lawyers Group on cases of Dr. Xu Zhiyong and lawyer Ding Jiaxi）
Weiquanwang, June 22, 2022

河南利用“健康码维稳” 郑州市民起诉卫健委 (Henan uses "health code to maintain stability"; Zhengzhou citizens sue National Health Commission)
Radio Free Asia, June 22, 2022

Hong Kong director pulls film from screening after authorities say it could incite hatred of government
Hong Kong Free Press, June 22, 2022

Hong Kong’s incoming deputy justice secretary to quit pro-Beijing group amid concerns membership could undermine impartiality
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2022

梁耀忠刑滿出獄　引巴金「歷史唔係一個沉默嘅啞子」喻六四（Leung Yiu-chung, released from prison after serving his sentence, cites Ba Jin's "History is not a silent mute" as metaphor for June 4）
Ming Pao, June 22, 2022

Law & Policy (法律与政策)

China plans to review every single social media comment, sparking more censorship fears
South China Morning Post, June 21, 2022

Unpacking Hong Kong’s laws, 25 years after handover: 5 rulings on Basic Law where Beijing, not the city’s courts, had final say in key cases
South China Morning Post, June 22, 2022

Current Topics (热门话题)

中国新研究显示奥密克戎重症率低，重启清零必要性争论
Chinese Omicron Study Renews Debate Over ‘Zero Covid’ Policy
The New York Times, June 22, 2022

China’s mental-health crisis is getting worse
The Economist, June 22, 2022

Hong Kong plunges lower in global human rights index
The Guardian, June 22, 2022

珍宝海鲜舫在南海沉没，曾承载香港一个时代的记忆
Hong Kong’s Floating Restaurant Sinks at Sea, Laden With Memories
The New York Times, June 22, 2022

Commentary & Analysis (评论与分析)

Farewell to Hong Kong and Its Big Lie
The Atlantic, June 22, 2022

China: Unfair trials of prominent activists an attack of freedom of association
Amnesty International, June 21, 2022